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The BEMA Podcast — 514 episodes
508: The Four Pillars — Wrestling
507: The Four Pillars — Discipleship as a Forge
506: The Four Pillars — Talmid & Morah
505: The Four Pillars — Discipleship
504: The Four Pillars — Coming Home to Community
503: The Four Pillars — Japanese Woodworking Joint
502: The Four Pillars — Community
501: The Four Pillars — Tome at the Center of the Spiral
500: David Rudolph — Passover
499: The Four Pillars — Truth in Text
498: The Four Pillars — Text
497: Brad Gray and Brad Nelson — The Lord’s Prayer
496: Session 10 Intro
495: Session 9 Capstone
494: Vice & Virtue — Love
493: Vice & Virtue — Hope
492: Vice & Virtue — Faith
491: Sandra Richter — Abigail and the Waterfall
490: Seven (Bonus Episode)
Year-End Gifts That Keep on Giving
489: Vice & Virtue — Justice
488: Vice & Virtue — Courage
487: Sitting Shiva for Josh Bossé
486: Vice & Virtue — Temperance
485: Vice & Virtue — Prudence
484: Dallas Jenkins — It Would Have Been Enough (Bonus Episode)
483: Annie F. Downs — That Sounds Fun
482: The Chosen S5E8 — “The Upper Room, Part 2” (Bonus Episode)
481: Vice & Virtue — Sloth
480: The Chosen S5E7 — “The Upper Room, Part 1” (Bonus Episode)
479: Vice & Virtue — Wrath
478: The Chosen S5E6 — “Reunions” (Bonus Episode)
477: Vice & Virtue — Envy
476: The Chosen S5E5 — “Because of Me” (Bonus Episode)
475: Vice & Virtue — Vainglory
474: The Chosen S5E4 — “The Same Coin” (Bonus Episode)
473: Vice & Virtue — Greed
472: The Chosen S5E3 — “Woes” (Bonus Episode)
471: Vice & Virtue — Gluttony
470: The Chosen S5E2 — “House of Cards” (Bonus Episode)
469: Vice & Virtue — Lust
468: The Chosen S5E1 — “Entry” (Bonus Episode)
467: Vice & Virtue — Introduction
466: Ethan Bryan — If You Were Brave
465: Qohelet’s Reflection
464: Qohelet Goes Home
463: Qohelet Feeds the Ducks
462: Qohelet Rolls the Dice
461: Qohelet Gives a Pep Talk
460: Qohelet Hears Bad Words
459: Qohelet Buys a Coffin
458: BEMA Kokomo — The Body of Christ
457: Qohelet Checks the Time
456: Qohelet Weeds the Garden
455: Qohelet Fights the Power
454: Qohelet Goes Off
453: Qohelet Tries to Party
452: Qohelet Gets Out of Bed
451: Ashlee Eiland — Say Good
450: Talmudic Matthew — The 7
449: Talmudic Matthew — The Seven
448: Talmudic Matthew — Secret
447: Talmudic Matthew — Wages
446: Talmudic Matthew — Children
445: Talmudic Matthew — Enemies
444: Karen Stiller — Holiness Here
443: Talmudic Matthew — Oaths
442: Talmudic Matthew — Marriage
441: Talmudic Matthew — Thymos
440: Talmudic Matthew — Reconciliation
439: Talmudic Matthew — Anger
438: Talmudic Matthew — Truly(?) I Say to You
437: Talmudic Matthew — Mainstream or Marginal
436: Brant Hansen — 3D Chiastic Chess
435: Hosea — The Hope of Healing
434: Hosea — Who Among Us?
433: Hosea — Doomed to Repeat It
432: Hosea — God’s Avatar
431: Hosea — Stubborn Soil
430: It’s a Wonderful Life
429: Catherine McNiel — Fearing Bravely
428: Hosea — Consequences
427: Hosea — How Empty Is Empty?
426: The Chosen S4E8 — “Humble” (Bonus Episode)
425: Hosea — Fruit in Keeping with Repentance
424: The Chosen S4E7 — “The Last Sign” (Bonus Episode)
423: Hosea — Forgiveness
422: The Chosen S4E6 — “Dedication” (Bonus Episode)
421: Hosea — When God Goes Missing
420: The Chosen S4E5 — “Sitting, Serving, Scheming” (Bonus Episode)
419: A. J. Sherrill — Rediscovering Christmas
418: The Chosen S4E4 — “Calm Before” (Bonus Episode)
417: Hosea — Staring Brokenness in the Face
416: The Chosen S4E3 — “Moon to Blood” (Bonus Episode)
415: Hosea — Living Metaphor
414: The Chosen S4E2 — “Confessions” (Bonus Episode)
413: Hosea — Context and Caution
412: The Chosen S4E1 — “Promises” (Bonus Episode)
411: Session 9 Intro
410: Session 8 Capstone
409: Sandra Richter — The Epic of Eden
408: Practical Shabbat — Deepening
407: Practical Shabbat — Breaking
406: Practical Shabbat — Remembering
405: Practical Shabbat — Keeping
404: Mariko Clark — The Book of Belonging
403: Talmudic Matthew — But Actually John
402: Talmudic Matthew — Lightly Salted
401: Talmudic Matthew — Light
400: Talmudic Matthew — Salt
399: Talmudic Matthew — Household of God
398: Talmudic Matthew — Blessing
397: Mitch Lavender — Respect and Dignity
396: Talmudic Matthew — Desert and Sea
395: Talmudic Matthew — Jordan
394: Talmudic Matthew — Stars and Magic
393: Talmudic Matthew — Dreams
392: Talmudic Matthew — Legacy
391: Tommy Brown — The Ache for Meaning
390: Psalms — Feeling Dumb with a Great Cloud of Witnesses
389: Psalms — 23 & Me
388: Psalms — Are You Listening?
387: Psalms — More Distant Reflections
386: Psalms — The Whole Human Experience
385: Psalms — Ultimate Mario Star
384: Derek Vreeland — Centering Jesus
383: Psalms — Praying Hate
382: Psalms — Small, Not Insignificant
381: Psalms — A Sheep in the Mirror
380: Psalms — The Hidden Face
379: Psalms — Every Season of Life
378: Lea Schrumpf — Entering Our Stories
377: Isaiah — The Fruit of Faithfulness
376: Isaiah — Maternal Images of God
375: Isaiah — What Perseverance Produces
374: Isaiah — When Suffering Is the Way
373: Preston Ulmer — Deconstruct Faith, Discover Jesus
372: Isaiah — History and Redaction
371: Isaiah — The Hulk Factor
370: Isaiah — Woes
369: Isaiah — The Choice Is Yours
368: Elisa Bosley — Spiritual Eldercare
367: Isaiah — Burdens
366: Isaiah — Let the Man Cook!
365: Isaiah — Prophet vs. Wizard Priests
364: Isaiah — Opening Provocations
363: Isaiah — Prophetic Imagination
362: Isaiah — Prophetic Pathos
361: Session 8 Intro
360: Session 7 Capstone
359: Dallas Jenkins — Humanity and Historicity (Bonus Episode)
358: Sabbath Practice — Prayer
357: Sabbath Practice — Fasting
356: Sabbath Practice — Friendship w/ Derrick James Rohr III
355: Sabbath Practice — Discipline
354: Sabbath Practice — Flow
353: Sabbath Practice — Heart
352: Sabbath Practice — Attentiveness
351: Sabbath Reflection Music (Bonus Episode)
350: Kat Armstrong — Storyline Bible
349: The Chosen S3E8 — “Sustenance” (Bonus Episode)
348: Sabbath Reflection VII — Trust
347: The Chosen S3E7 — “Ears to Hear” (Bonus Episode)
346: Sabbath Reflection VI — Wonder
345: The Chosen S3E6 — “Intensity in Tent City” (Bonus Episode)
344: Sabbath Reflection V — Place
343: The Chosen S3E5 — “Clean, Part 2” (Bonus Episode)
342: Sabbath Reflection IV — Teaching
341: The Chosen S3E4 — “Clean, Part 1” (Bonus Episode)
340: Sabbath Reflection III — Community
339: The Chosen S3E3 — “Physician, Heal Yourself” (Bonus Episode)
338: Sabbath Reflection II — Love
337: The Chosen S3E2 — “Two by Two” (Bonus Episode)
336: Sabbath Reflection I — Truth
335: The Chosen S3E1 — “Homecoming” (Bonus Episode)
334: Session 7 Intro
333: Session 6 Capstone
332: Andrew DeCort — Flourishing on the Edge of Faith
331: Sanctuary — Resting with the Mishkan
330: Sanctuary — Traversing the Mishkan
329: Sanctuary — Moving the Mishkan
328: Sanctuary — Listening by the Mishkan
327: Sanctuary — Feasting at the Mishkan
326: Sanctuary — Entering the Mishkan
325: Sanctuary — Waking Up in the Mishkan
324: Anita Grace Brown — Finding Christ in Yoga
323: The Forgotten Women of the Apocalypse
322: The Forgotten Women of the New Testament
321: The Forgotten Women of the Tanakh
320: The Forgotten Women — Sages and Wise Women
319: The Forgotten Women — Presentism and Primitivism
318: Alonzo Felder — Discovering A. S. J. Allen
317: Asking Better Questions of the Bible w/ Erin Geiselman
316: Parables — The Unforgiving Servant
315: Parables — The Lost Son
314: Parables — The Barn Builder
313: Parables — The Good Samaritan
312: Parables — Dissecting a Swallow
311: Keith Simon — Truth Over Tribe
310: The Nativity Story
309: On Social Media (Bonus Episode)
308: The Chosen S2E9 — “The Messengers”
307: Tohu va Vohu (State of the Podcast)
306: Brian David — Chiasms in John
305: Gary Burge — Interpreting the Gospel of John
304: The Construction of the Gospel of John
303: The History and Style of the Gospel of John
302: John — Do You Even Like Me?
301: John — On Doubting and Locked Doors
300: John — The Migdal
299: John — One Pierced
298: John — Not Forsaken
297: Kat Armas — Abuelita Faith
296: John — I Am He
295: John — Strategy
294: John — Sacrifice, Suffering, and Joy
293: John — Sin, Righteousness, Judgment
292: John — The Pruning Work of Persecution
291: John — Parakletos
290: John — This Is the Way
289: John — Loved to the End
288: Steve Park — Little Lights
287: John — The Test of Meat
286: John — The Test of Bread
285: John — Book of Signs
284: John — The Hour Has Come
283: John — Missing God in the Name of God
282: John — The Dance of Grief
281: John — You Are Gods
280: The Road Back to Eden
279: John — My Sheep, My Voice
278: John — Only the Blind Can See
277: John — Before Abraham Was
276: John — Who Is Your Father?
275: Kate Schmidgall — BitterSweet
274: John — Light of the World
273: John — Pericope of an Honor Contest
272: The Chosen S2E8 — “Beyond Mountains” (Bonus Episode)
271: John — The Greatest Day of the Feast
270: The Chosen S2E7 — “Reckoning” (Bonus Episode)
269: John — Any Time Will Do
268: The Chosen S2E6 — “Unlawful” (Bonus Episode)
267: John — The Far Side of a Tumultuous Sea
266: The Chosen S2E5 — “Spirit” (Bonus Episode)
265: John — Make Him King
264: The Chosen S2E4 — “The Perfect Opportunity” (Bonus Episode)
263: John — Weighty Testimony
262: The Chosen S2E3 — “Matthew 4:24” (Bonus Episode)
261: John — What Do You Want?
260: The Chosen S2E2 — “I Saw You” (Bonus Episode)
259: Kevan Chandler — We Carry Kevan
258: The Chosen S2E1 — “Thunder” (Bonus Episode)
257: John — Wells and Husbands
256: John — The One from Above
255: John — Water, Spirit, Darkness, Light
254: John — A Wedding and Some Housekeeping
253: John — Come and See
252: John — What’s in a Logos?
251: John Roberts — A Griever’s Guide to Life
250: The Chosen S1E0 — “The Shepherd”
249: Michael Burns — Escaping the Beast
248: Joy and Lot’s Untitled Wife w/ Elle Grover Fricks
247: Sleepless in Susa w/ Josh Bossé
246: Eugenia Ortega — A Look into Our Window
245: Spiritual Abuse — Liturgy for Repentance and Healing
244: Spiritual Abuse — The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill
243: Spiritual Abuse — The Place We Find Ourselves
242: Spiritual Abuse — Commodities and Variables
241: Becky Solomon — Don’t Exasperate Your Kids
240: Sin and the Archaeology of Joshua w/ Elle Grover Fricks
239: Abraham Considers a Catechism w/ Reed Dent
238: Jewish Roots — What Difference Does It Make?
237: Jewish Roots — Ways Parted for a Dark History
236: Jewish Roots — Paul, Jewish Law, and Atonement in Hebrews
235: Jewish Roots — Tanakh and Religion
234: Jen Rosner — The Jewish Roots of Christianity
233: Introducing the Team — Striking the Rock w/ Josh Bossé
232: Introducing the Team — Jephthah’s Daughter w/ Elle Grover Fricks
231: Introducing the Team — Deconstruction w/ Reed Dent
230: Mandy Smith — Unfettered
229: Dallas Jenkins — Manna Program, Part 2
228: Dallas Jenkins — Manna Program, Part 1
227: The Chosen S1E8 — “I Am He”
226: The Chosen S1E7 — “Invitations”
225: The Chosen S1E6 — “Indescribable Compassion”
224: The Chosen S1E5 — “The Wedding Gift”
223: The Chosen S1E4 — “The Rock on Which It Is Built”
222: The Chosen S1E3 — “Jesus Loves the Little Children”
221: The Chosen S1E2 — “Shabbat”
220: The Chosen S1E1 — “I Have Called You by Name”
219: Becky Solomon — Loving the Adventure
218: Midrash — Death at Dinner
217: Midrash — Isaac’s Bad Eyes
216: Porshe Chiles — Can We Talk?
215: Character Study — Joseph, Part 2
214: Character Study — Joseph, Part 1
213: Character Study — Jacob, Part 2
212: Character Study — Jacob, Part 1
211: John Whittaker — Blue Jeans Theology
210: Midrash — The Man in the Fur Coat
209: Midrash — Noah’s Backstory and the Nephilim
208: Midrash — Iscah, Sarai, and Birth Orders
207: J. R. Briggs — The Sacred Overlap
206: Reed Dent — The Nature of Truth
205: Session 6 Intro
204: Session 5 Capstone
203: You Are Here
202: AD 1925 to Today
201: AD 1800–1925
200: AD 1650–1800
199: AD 1550–1650
198: AD 1300–1550
197: AD 1000–1300
196: AD 700–1000
195: AD 500–700
194: AD 300–500
193: AD 100–300
192: Telling a Story
191: Session 5 Intro
190: Session 4 Capstone
189: Revelation — The End Is a New Beginning
188: Revelation — The Fall of Greatness
187: Revelation — The Blessed and Faithful Fallen
186: Revelation — Mother and Dragons
185: Revelation — Bittersweet Prophecy
184: Revelation — Let the Games Begin
183: Revelation — Seals from Scripture
182: Revelation — The Throne Room
181: Revelation — Lukewarm Laodicea
180: Revelation — Philadelphia and Their New Name
179: Revelation — Waking Up in Sardis
178: Revelation — Thyatira and Her Jezebel
177: Revelation — Pergamum and Satan’s Throne
176: Revelation — Smyrna and Their Crown
175: Revelation — Ephesus and Their First Love
174: Revelation — A Book for Its Time
173: Jude — False Teachers
172: 3 John — Diotrephes
171: 2 John — The “Woman”
170: 1 John — Love and Truth
169: 2 Peter — The Other Side of a Conversation
168: 1 Peter — Living Stones and a Spiritual House
167: James — Mitzvoth
166: Hebrews — Atonement 101
165: Hebrews — Running a Better Race
164: Philemon — Faith Works
163: Pastoral Epistles — Timid Timothy & Tough Titus
162: 2 Thessalonians — Man of Lawlessness
161: 1 Thessalonians — Parousia
160: Colossians — Gnostic Heresy
159: Philippians — Joy
158: Ephesians — Family Membership
157: 2 Corinthians — Apostleship
156: 1 Corinthians — Broken Body
155: Romans — God’s Mission, Paul’s Mission
154: Romans — Therefore
153: Romans — The Potter
152: Romans — The Struggle
151: Romans — Buried Alive
150: Romans — Righteousness from God
149: Romans — Blended Family
148: Galatians — Set Free to Be Free
147: Galatians — Two Women, Two Covenants
146: Galatians — The Curse
145: Galatians — Right Hand of Fellowship
144: Galatians — Paul’s Gospel
143: The Epilogue
142: Calling of a Prophet
141: Mathetes or Talmidim?
140: Not to Burden You
139: Theosabes
138: Unclean Sheets
137: A Dry Tree
136: Each One
135: Uncut Corners
134: Session 4 Intro
133: Session 3 Capstone
132: Go
131: Betrayal
130: The Plot to Kill Jesus
129: The Final Week
128: Faithful and Wise Steward
127: Six or Seven?
126: Trapped by a Question
125: Are You Talking to Me?
124: Statement of Triumph
123: The Heat of the Day
122: A Naked Thing
121: The Key to Your Own Prison
120: Truth and Light
119: The Gates of Hell
118: Eyes That Cannot See
117: Jesus Resorts to Name Calling
116: She Giggled
115: 5 Loaves, 2 Fish, and 1 Big Lesson
114: Fish in a Net
113: Treasures and Pearls
112: Explanations That Don’t Explain
111: A Farmer and a Woman
110: Jewish Hermeneutics
109: Which Soil?
108: The Fruit of Beelzebul
107: Donkeys and Rabbis
106: Jury Duty in Sodom
105: An Explosive Kingdom
104: Innocent as Doves
103: Healing in His Wings
102: Son of Man
101: The Other Side
100: Healing at Great Cost
99: Fruit of Fools
98: A Good Eye
97: Done in Secret
96: But I Say Unto You
95: Abolish or Fulfill
94: Hope of the World
93: Blessed
92: How to Bring Order Out of Chaos
91: Tavilah T'Shuvah
90: A Gospel of Two Kingdoms
89: Written in the Stars
88: Setting the Stage
87: John — Grafted
86: Luke — Ordered
85: Mark — Roman Gospel
84: Matthew — Mumzer
83: Gospel Narrative
82: The Text — When, Where, Who, and Why
81: Silent Years — Association
80: Silent Years — Pharisees
79: Silent Years — Zealots
78: Silent Years — Essenes
77: Silent Years — Herodians
76: Silent Years — Sadducees
75: Silent Years — Welcome to Hellenism
74: Silent Years — Synagogue
73: Session 3 Intro
72: Session 2 Capstone
71: The Prophetic Table
70: Esther — Purim
69: Malachi — Q&A
68: Zechariah — Apocalyptic Literature
67: Haggai — Build!
66: Ezra/Nehemiah — Passionate Leadership
65: 4 Isaiah — Hope
64: 3 Isaiah — Servant
63: Job — Perspective
62: Daniel — Son of Man
61: Ezekiel — Strength
60: Joel — Locusts
59: Obadiah — Petra
58: Habakkuk — Watchtower
57: Lamentations — Lament and Hope
56: Jeremiah — Weeping
55: 2 Isaiah — Woe
54: Zephaniah — T'shuvah
53: Nahum — Diyn
52: Jonah — Potential
51: 1 Isaiah — Vineyard
50: Micah — Judge
Verastikh (Hosea)
49: Hosea — Prostitute
48: Amos — Plumb Line
47: The Lord’s Mouthpiece
46: Song of Sexuality
45: Wisdom and Meaning
44: Our Harps in the Trees
43: Go in Peace
42: The Fire of Elijah
41: The Story Behind the Story
40: One Story, Two Sources
39: A King After God’s Own Heart
38: A Donkey Herder to Lead Us
37: A Love Story
36: The Redemption Cycle
35: Crossroads of the Earth
Special Announcement for July 2026
34: The Hardest Story in the Bible (for me)
33: Session 2 Intro
32: Session 1 Capstone
31: Remember Where You Came From
30: Lead with Your Voice
29: Images of the Desert — Wadi and En Gedi
28: Images of the Desert — Ar'ar and Tamarisk
27: Images of the Desert — Rotem and Acacia
26: Images of the Desert — Shepherd
25: A Kingdom of What?
24: Creating a Space
23: Falling on Joyful Faces
22: Under the Chuppah
“Jesus Shema”
21: With All Your Soul & “Very”
20: With All Your Heart
19: A Strengthened Heart
18: A Tale of Two Kingdoms
17: A God Who Hears the Cry
16: Out of the Pit
15: Into the Pit
14: Grappling with God, Part 2
13: Grappling with God, Part 1
12: A Mission Realized
11: Here I Am
10: Walking the Blood Path
9: Letting Go
8: Buried in a Genealogy
7: The Preface
6: A Tale of a Tower
5: A Misplaced Curse
4: His Bow in the Clouds
3: Master the Beast
2: Knowing When to Say “Enough”
1: Trust the Story
0: Introductory Lesson
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